Information Upgrading Method, Apparatus and Storage Medium for Automatic Driving Vehicle

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides an information upgrading method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for an automatic driving vehicle, where the method includes: determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiring target upgrade information; and further, transmitting an upgrade indication message carrying the target upgrade information to the target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, so that the target in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the target upgrade information. It can be seen that the effective information upgrading of the in-vehicle client in the automatic driving vehicle is achieved, and the user experience of the in-vehicle client and/or the automatic driving vehicle is improved.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201811042242.1, filed on Sep. 7, 2018, which is hereby incorporated byreference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of automatic drivingtechnologies, and in particular, to an information upgrading method, anapparatus, and a storage medium for an automatic driving vehicle.

BACKGROUND

With the development of information technologies, there is more and moreresearch on intelligent vehicles. The intelligent vehicle researchmainly direct to automatic driving vehicles.

Usually, a variety of intelligent hardware and software are installed inan automatic driving vehicle to achieve safe automatic driving. With thedevelopment of automatic driving vehicle technologies, information suchas software, firmware, parameters, and/or data in the automatic drivingvehicle often needs to be upgraded and updated.

Therefore, how to effectively upgrade and update the information such assoftware, firmware, parameters and/or data in the automatic drivingvehicle is a technical problem to be solved.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides an information upgrading method, anapparatus, and a storage medium for an automatic driving vehicle, whichrealizes an effective upgrade of information in an in-vehicle client inan autonomous driving vehicle.

In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides an informationupgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle, including:

determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiringtarget upgrade information; and

transmitting an upgrade indication message to the target in-vehicleclient by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, where the upgrade indicationmessage includes the target upgrade information, so that the targetin-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the target upgradeinformation.

In a possible implementation, the determining a target in-vehicle clientto be upgraded and acquiring target upgrade information includes:

when an addition of new relationship information into pre-storedrelationship information is detected, determining that new upgradeinformation is the target upgrade information, where the pre-storedrelationship information includes a mapping relationship betweendifferent upgrade identifier information and different upgradeinformation, and the new relationship information includes a mappingrelationship between new upgrade identifier information and the newupgrade information; and

determining an in-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgradeidentifier information as the target in-vehicle client according to astored mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier informationand an in-vehicle client.

In a possible implementation, the transmitting an upgrade indicationmessage to the target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA)technology includes:

determining whether the determined target upgrade information and thetarget in-vehicle client are correct; and

if it is determined that the target upgrade information and the targetin-vehicle client are correct, transmitting the upgrade indicationmessage to the target in-vehicle client by the over-the-air (OTA)technology.

In a possible implementation, the determining a target in-vehicle clientto be upgraded and acquiring target upgrade information includes:

receiving an upgrade request message transmitted by the targetin-vehicle client, where the upgrade request message includes:identifier information of the target in-vehicle client and identifierinformation of requested upgrade information; and

determining the target in-vehicle client according to the identifierinformation of the target in-vehicle client, and determining the targetupgrade information according to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the determining the target upgradeinformation according to the identifier information of the requestedupgrade information includes:

determining, according to pre-stored relationship information, whetherupgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information exists, where the pre-stored relationshipinformation includes a mapping relationship between different upgradeidentifier information and different upgrade information; and

if the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier informationof the requested upgrade information exists, determining that theupgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information is the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, if the upgrade request message furtherincludes target user identity information, the determining the targetin-vehicle client according to the identifier information of the targetin-vehicle client, and determining the target upgrade informationaccording to the identifier information of the requested upgradeinformation includes:

determining, according to a stored mapping relationship between useridentity information and an in-vehicle client, whether the target useridentity information belongs to legal user identity informationcorresponding to the target in-vehicle client; and

if it is determined that the target user identity information belongs tothe legal user identity information corresponding to the targetin-vehicle client, determining the target in-vehicle client according tothe identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, anddetermining the target upgrade information according to the identifierinformation of the requested upgrade information.

In the embodiment of the information upgrading method for an automaticdriving vehicle provided by the first aspect, by determining a targetin-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiring target upgradeinformation, and transmitting an upgrade indication message to thetarget in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, where theupgrade indication message includes the target upgrade information, thetarget in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the targetupgrade information. It can be seen that the effective informationupgrading of the in-vehicle client in the automatic driving vehicle isachieved, and the user experience of the in-vehicle client and/or theautomatic driving vehicle is improved.

In a second aspect, the present disclosure provides an informationupgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle, including:

receiving an upgrade indication message transmitted by an in-vehicleserver through an over-the-air (OTA) technology, where the upgradeindication message includes target upgrade information; and

performing an upgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the performing an upgrade according to thetarget upgrade information includes:

determining whether it is necessary to perform an upgrade according tothe target upgrade information; and

if it is determined that it is necessary to perform the upgrade,performing the upgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, before the receiving an upgrade indicationmessage transmitted by an in-vehicle server through an over-the-air(OTA) technology, the method further includes:

transmitting an upgrade request message to the in-vehicle server, wherethe upgrade request message includes: identifier information of a targetin-vehicle client and identifier information of requested upgradeinformation.

In the embodiment of the information upgrading method for an automaticdriving vehicle provided by the second aspect, an upgrade indicationmessage transmitted by an in-vehicle server through an over-the-air(OTA) technology is received; and further, an upgrade is performedaccording to the target upgrade information. It can be seen that theeffective information upgrading of the in-vehicle client in theautomatic driving vehicle is achieved, and the user experience of thein-vehicle client and/or the automatic driving vehicle is improved.

In a third aspect, the present disclosure provides an informationupgrading apparatus for an automatic driving vehicle, including:

a determining module, configured to determine a target in-vehicle clientto be upgraded and acquire target upgrade information; and

a transmitting module, configured to transmit an upgrade indicationmessage to the target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA)technology, where the upgrade indication message includes the targetupgrade information, so that the target in-vehicle client performs anupgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the determining module is specificallyconfigured to:

when an addition of new relationship information into pre-storedrelationship information is detected, determine that new upgradeinformation is the target upgrade information, where the pre-storedrelationship information includes a mapping relationship betweendifferent upgrade identifier information and different upgradeinformation, and the new relationship information includes a mappingrelationship between new upgrade identifier information and the newupgrade information; and

determine an in-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgradeidentifier information as the target in-vehicle client according to astored mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier informationand an in-vehicle client.

In a possible implementation, the transmitting module is specificallyconfigured to:

determine whether the determined target upgrade information and thetarget in-vehicle client are correct; and

if it is determined that the target upgrade information and the targetin-vehicle client are correct, transmit the upgrade indication messageto the target in-vehicle client by the over-the-air (OTA) technology.

In a possible implementation, the determining module includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive an upgrade request messagetransmitted by the target in-vehicle client, where the upgrade requestmessage includes identifier information of the target in-vehicle clientand identifier information of requested upgrade information; and

a determining unit, configured to determine the target in-vehicle clientaccording to the identifier information of the target in-vehicle client,and determine the target upgrade information according to the identifierinformation of the requested upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the determining unit is specificallyconfigured to:

determine, according to pre-stored relationship information, whetherupgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information exists, where the pre-stored relationshipinformation includes a mapping relationship between different upgradeidentifier information and different upgrade information; and

if the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier informationof the requested upgrade information exists, determine that the upgradeinformation corresponding to the identifier information of the requestedupgrade information is the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, if the upgrade request message furtherincludes target user identity information, the determining unit isspecifically configured to:

determine, according to a stored mapping relationship between useridentity information and an in-vehicle client, whether the target useridentity information belongs to legal user identity informationcorresponding to the target in-vehicle client; and

if it is determined that the target user identity information belongs tothe legal user identity information corresponding to the targetin-vehicle client, determine the target in-vehicle client according tothe identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, anddetermine the target upgrade information according to the identifierinformation of the requested upgrade information.

In a fourth aspect, the present disclosure provides an informationupgrading apparatus for an automatic driving vehicle, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive an upgrade indication messagetransmitted by an in-vehicle server through an over-the-air (OTA)technology, where the upgrade indication message includes target upgradeinformation; and

an upgrading module, configured to perform an upgrade according to thetarget upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the upgrading module is specificallyconfigured to:

determine whether it is necessary to perform an upgrade according to thetarget upgrade information; and

if it is determined that it is necessary to perform the upgrade, performthe upgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the apparatus further includes:

a transmitting module, configured to transmit an upgrade request messageto the in-vehicle server, where the upgrade request message includesidentifier information of a target in-vehicle client and identifierinformation of requested upgrade information.

In a fifth aspect, the present disclosure provides an in-vehicle server,including: a memory, a processor, and a transceiver;

the memory is configured to store a program instruction; and

the processor is configured to invoke the program instruction stored inthe memory to implement the following steps:

determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiringtarget upgrade information; and

controlling the transceiver to transmit an upgrade indication message tothe target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, wherethe upgrade indication message includes the target upgrade information,so that the target in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according tothe target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the processor is specifically configuredto:

when an addition of new relationship information into pre-storedrelationship information is detected, determine that new upgradeinformation is the target upgrade information, where the pre-storedrelationship information includes a mapping relationship betweendifferent upgrade identifier information and different upgradeinformation, and the new relationship information includes a mappingrelationship between new upgrade identifier information and the newupgrade information; and

determine an in-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgradeidentifier information as the target in-vehicle client according to astored mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier informationand an in-vehicle client.

In a possible implementation, the processor is specifically configuredto: determine whether the determined target upgrade information and thetarget in-vehicle client are correct.

If the processor determines that the target upgrade information and thetarget in-vehicle client are correct, the transceiver is specificallyconfigured to: transmit the upgrade indication message to the targetin-vehicle client by the over-the-air (OTA) technology.

In a possible implementation, the transceiver is further configured toreceive an upgrade request message transmitted by the target in-vehicleclient, where the upgrade request message includes: identifierinformation of the target in-vehicle client and identifier informationof requested upgrade information; and

the processor is specifically configured to: determine the targetin-vehicle client according to the identifier information of the targetin-vehicle client, and determine the target upgrade informationaccording to the identifier information of the requested upgradeinformation.

In a possible implementation, the processor is specifically configuredto:

determine, according to pre-stored relationship information, whetherupgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information exists, where the pre-stored relationshipinformation includes a mapping relationship between different upgradeidentifier information and different upgrade information; and

if the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier informationof the requested upgrade information exists, determine that the upgradeinformation corresponding to the identifier information of the requestedupgrade information is the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, if the upgrade request message furtherincludes target user identity information, the processor is specificallyconfigured to:

determine, according to a stored mapping relationship between useridentity information and an in-vehicle client, whether the target useridentity information belongs to legal user identity informationcorresponding to the target in-vehicle client; and

if it is determined that the target user identity information belongs tothe legal user identity information corresponding to the targetin-vehicle client, determine the target in-vehicle client according tothe identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, anddetermine the target upgrade information according to the identifierinformation of the requested upgrade information.

In a sixth aspect, the present disclosure provides an in-vehicle client,where the in-vehicle client is a target in-vehicle client, and thetarget in-vehicle client includes: a memory, a processor, and atransceiver;

the memory is configured to store a program instruction; and

the processor is configured to invoke the program instruction stored inthe memory to implement the following steps:

controlling the transceiver to receive an upgrade indication messagetransmitted by an in-vehicle server through an over-the-air (OTA)technology; wherein the upgrade indication message includes targetupgrade information; and

performing an upgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the processor is specifically configuredto:

determine whether it is necessary to perform an upgrade according to thetarget upgrade information; and

if it is determined that it is necessary to perform the upgrade,performing the upgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the transceiver is further configured totransmit an upgrade request message to the in-vehicle server, where theupgrade request message includes: identifier information of the targetin-vehicle client and identifier information of requested upgradeinformation.

In a seventh aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer readablestorage medium storing a computer program that causes an in-vehicleserver to perform the method of any implementations of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer readablestorage medium storing a computer program that causes an in-vehicleclient to perform the method of any implementations of the secondaspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art, the drawingsused in the embodiments or the prior art description will be brieflydescribed below. Obviously, the drawings in the following descriptionillustrate some embodiments of the present disclosure, and otherdrawings can be obtained according to the drawings without any creativeefforts for those skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to another embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to another embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to another embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an information upgradingapparatus for an automatic driving vehicle according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an information upgradingapparatus for an automatic driving vehicle according to anotherembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an in-vehicle serveraccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an in-vehicle clientaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

First, an application scenario of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure and some of the vocabulary involved are described.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, when anin-vehicle server determines that it is necessary to upgrade information(such as software information, firmware information, parameterinformation, and/or data information, etc.) in a target in-vehicleclient, or when the target in-vehicle client determines that it isnecessary to upgrade the information, a message interaction between thein-vehicle server and the target in-vehicle client is performed toupgrade the target in-vehicle client. In the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, a description is mainly made on a process of the interactionbetween the in-vehicle server and the target in-vehicle client; ofcourse, the embodiments of the present disclosure is also applicable toother application scenarios, which is not limited in the embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

Upgrade information or target upgrade information involved in theembodiments of the present disclosure may include, but is not limitedto, at least one of the following: software information, firmwareinformation, parameter information, or data information.

Illustratively, if the target upgrade information includes the softwareinformation, a corresponding information upgrade manner of the automaticdriving vehicle includes performing an upgrade by a SoftwareOver-the-Air (SOTA) Technology; if the target upgrade informationincludes the firmware information, the corresponding information upgrademanner of the automatic driving vehicle includes performing an upgradeby a Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) Technology; if the target upgradeinformation includes the parameter information, the correspondinginformation upgrade manner of the automatic driving vehicle includesperforming an upgrade by a Configuration Over-the-Air (COTA) Technology;if the target upgrade information includes the data information, thecorresponding information upgrade manner of the automatic drivingvehicle includes performing an upgrade by a Data Over-the-Air (DOTA)Technology.

Pre-stored relationship information involved in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure includes a mapping relationship between differentupgrade identifier information and different upgrade information.Optionally, the upgrade identifier information is used to uniquelyidentify its corresponding upgrade information. For example, thepre-stored relationship information includes: a mapping relationshipbetween upgrade identifier information 1 and upgrade information 1, amapping relationship between upgrade identifier information 2 andupgrade information 2, and a mapping relationship between upgradeidentifier information 3 and upgrade information 3.

A mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier information andthe in-vehicle client involved in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure may include a mapping relationship between different upgradeidentifier information and different in-vehicle clients. For example,the mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier information andthe in-vehicle client may include: a mapping relationship between theupgrade identifier information 1 and both in-vehicle client 1 andin-vehicle client 2 (i.e., the in-vehicle client 1 and the in-vehicleclient 2 both download the upgrade information 1 corresponding to theupgrade identifier information 1), a mapping relationship between theupgrade identifier information 2 and the in-vehicle client 1 (i.e., thein-vehicle client 1 downloads the upgrade information 2 corresponding tothe upgrade identifier information 2), and a mapping relationshipbetween the upgrade identifier information 3 and in-vehicle client 3(i.e., the in-vehicle client 3 downloads the upgrade information 3corresponding to the upgrade identifier information 3).

A mapping relationship between user identity information and thein-vehicle client involved in the embodiments of the present disclosuremay include a mapping relationship between different user identityinformation and different in-vehicle clients. For example, the mappingrelationship between the user identity information and the in-vehicleclient may include: a mapping relationship between both user identityinformation 1 and user identity information 2 and the in-vehicle client1 (i.e., the user identity information 1 and the user identityinformation 2 are both legal user identity information of the in-vehicleclient 1), a mapping relationship between user identity information 3and the in-vehicle client 2 (i.e., the user identity information 3 islegal user identity information of the in-vehicle client 2), and amapping relationship between user identity information 4 and both thein-vehicle client 3 and the in-vehicle client 4 (i.e., the user identityinformation 4 is legal user identity information of the in-vehicleclient 3 and the in-vehicle client 4).

In the information upgrading method, the apparatus, and the storagemedium for an automatic driving vehicle provided by the embodiments ofthe present disclosure, the in-vehicle server determines a targetin-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquires target upgradeinformation; further, the in-vehicle server transmits an upgradeindication message carrying the target upgrade indication information tothe target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, sothat the target in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to thetarget upgrade information. It can be seen that the effectiveinformation upgrading of the in-vehicle client in the automatic drivingvehicle is achieved, and the user experience of the in-vehicle clientand/or the automatic driving vehicle is improved.

The technical solutions of the present disclosure and how the technicalsolutions of the present disclosure solve the above technical problemsare described in detail in the following specific embodiments. Thefollowing specific embodiments may be combined with each other, and thesame or similar concepts or processes may not be described in someembodiments.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. An executive body of this embodiment may be anin-vehicle server or an information upgrading apparatus for an automaticdriving vehicle in an in-vehicle server and the apparatus may beimplemented by software and/or hardware (for convenience of description,this embodiment is illustrated by taking the executive body being anin-vehicle server as an example). As shown in FIG. 2, the informationupgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle provided in thisembodiment may include:

Step S201: determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded andacquiring target upgrade information.

In this step, the in-vehicle server first determines the targetin-vehicle client to be upgraded and the target upgrade information thatneeds to be transmitted to the target in-vehicle client, so that thetarget in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the targetupgrade information.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, an implementable manner ofstep S201 can be at least as follows.

A first possible implementation is: when an addition of new relationshipinformation into pre-stored relationship information is detected,determining that new upgrade information is the target upgradeinformation, where the pre-stored relationship information includes amapping relationship between different upgrade identifier informationand different upgrade information, and the new relationship informationincludes a mapping relationship between new upgrade identifierinformation and the new upgrade information; and determining anin-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgrade identifierinformation as the target in-vehicle client according to a storedmapping relationship between the upgrade identifier information and anin-vehicle client.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when any upgradeinformation is added to the in-vehicle server, the in-vehicle serverstores a mapping relationship between the upgrade information and itscorresponding upgrade identifier information to facilitate management ofthe upgrade information.

Similarly, in order to facilitate the management of the in-vehicleclient, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the in-vehicleserver transmits any upgrade information to the in-vehicle client, thein-vehicle server stores a mapping relationship between the upgradeidentifier information corresponding to the upgrade information and thein-vehicle client.

In this implementation, a process of information upgrading is initiatedby the in-vehicle server. Illustratively, when the in-vehicle serverdetects that the new relationship information is added into thepre-stored relationship information (the new relationship informationincludes a mapping relationship between the new upgrade identifierinformation and the new upgrade information), the new upgradeinformation is determined to be the target upgrade information. Forexample, it is assumed that a historical version of an applicationprogram A is version 1.1, and the pre-stored relationship informationincludes: a mapping relationship between an upgrade identifier 1.1A andupgrade information 1.1A; when the server detects that a mappingrelationship between upgrade identifier 1.2A and upgrade information1.2A is added into the pre-stored relationship information (i.e., thenew upgrade information, equivalently indicates that the applicationprogram A has an updated version 1.2), the in-vehicle server determinesthat the new upgrade information (such as the upgrade information 1.2A)in the new relationship information is the target upgrade information.

Further, the in-vehicle server determines an in-vehicle clientcorresponding to the new upgrade identifier information as the targetin-vehicle client according to the stored mapping relationship betweenthe upgrade identifier information and the in-vehicle client. It shouldbe noted that the in-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgradeidentifier information in this embodiment of the present disclosure mayrefer to an in-vehicle client corresponding to the lower-version upgradeidentifier information that the new upgrade identifier information inthe mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier information andthe in-vehicle client corresponds to.

For example, it is assumed that the mapping relationship between theupgrade identifier information and the in-vehicle client includes: amapping relationship between the upgrade identifier 1.1A and thein-vehicle client 1 (i.e., the historical version of the applicationprogram A in the in-vehicle client 1 is version 1.1), and the in-vehicleserver can determine, according to the mapping relationship between theupgrade identifier 1.1A and the in-vehicle client 1, that the in-vehicleclient corresponding to the new upgrade identifier information (forexample, the upgrade identifier 1.2A) can be: the in-vehicle client (forexample, the in-vehicle client 1) corresponding to the lower-versionupgrade identifier information (for example, the upgrade identifier1.1A) that the new upgrade identifier information (for example, theupgrade identifier 1.2A) corresponds to, so as to upgrade theapplication program A in the in-vehicle client 1.

In this implementation, the in-vehicle server determines the targetupgrade information and the target in-vehicle client when detecting thatthe new relationship information is added into the pre-storedrelationship information, thereby actively initiating an informationupgrade for the target in-vehicle client.

A second possible implementation is: receiving an upgrade requestmessage transmitted by the target in-vehicle client, where the upgraderequest message includes: identifier information of the targetin-vehicle client and identifier information of requested upgradeinformation; and determining the target in-vehicle client according tothe identifier information of the in-vehicle client and determining thetarget upgrade information according to the identifier information ofthe requested upgrade information.

In this implementation, the process of information upgrading isinitiated by the target in-vehicle client. Illustratively, thein-vehicle server determines the target in-vehicle client according tothe identifier information of the target in-vehicle client anddetermines the target upgrade information according to the identifierinformation of the requested upgrade information when receiving theupgrade request message transmitted by the target in-vehicle client(which may include, but not limited to, the identifier information ofthe target in-vehicle client and the identifier information of therequested upgrade information).

Illustratively, the in-vehicle server may determine, according topre-stored relationship information, whether upgrade informationcorresponding to the identifier information of the requested upgradeinformation exists; and if the upgrade information corresponding to theidentifier information of the requested upgrade information exists, thein-vehicle server determines that the upgrade information correspondingto the identifier information of the requested upgrade information isthe target upgrade information.

It should be noted that the upgrade information corresponding to theidentifier information of the requested upgrade information involved inthe embodiment of the present disclosure may refer to the upgradeinformation corresponding to the identifier information of the requestedupgrade information in the pre-stored relationship information, or mayalso be the higher-version upgrade information corresponding to theidentifier information of the requested upgrade information in thepre-stored relationship information.

For example, it is assumed that the pre-stored relationship informationincludes the mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier 1.1Aand the upgrade information 1.1A, and the identifier information of therequested upgrade information is 1.1A, thus the in-vehicle serverdetermines that the upgrade information (for example, the upgradeinformation 1.1A) corresponding to the identifier information (forexample, 1.1A) of the requested upgrade information is the targetupgrade information, according to the pre-stored relationshipinformation.

For another example, it is assumed that the pre-stored relationshipinformation includes: the mapping relationship between the upgradeidentifier 1.1A and the upgrade information 1.1A, and the mappingrelationship between the upgrade identifier 1.2A and the upgradeinformation 1.2A, and the identifier information of the requestedupgrade information is 1.1A, thus the in-vehicle server determines,according to the pre-stored relationship information, the upgradeinformation corresponding to the identifier information (for example,1.1A) of the requested upgrade information, i.e., the higher-versionupgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information, for example the upgrade information 1.2A,is the target upgrade information.

In order to prevent an illegal user of the target in-vehicle client fromupgrading the target in-vehicle client, in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure, if the upgrade request message further includes target useridentity information, the in-vehicle server determines, according to astored mapping relationship between user identity information and thein-vehicle client, whether the target user identity information belongsto legal user identity information corresponding to the targetin-vehicle client; and further, if determining that the target useridentity information belongs to the legal user identity informationcorresponding to the target in-vehicle client, the in-vehicle serverdetermines the target in-vehicle client according to the identifierinformation of the target in-vehicle client, and determines the targetupgrade information according to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information; and if determining that the target useridentity information does not belong to the legal user identityinformation corresponding to the target in-vehicle client, thein-vehicle server does not need to perform a step of determining thetarget in-vehicle client according to the identifier information of thetarget in-vehicle client and determining the target upgrade informationaccording to the identifier information of the requested upgradeinformation.

Of course, other implementations may be adopted for the step 5201, whichis not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

Step S202: transmitting an upgrade indication message to the targetin-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, where the upgradeindication message includes the target upgrade information, so that thetarget in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the targetupgrade information.

In this step, illustratively, if the target upgrade information includesthe software information, the upgrade indication message may betransmitted to the target in-vehicle client through the SOTA technology;if the target upgrade information includes the firmware information, theupgrade indication message may be transmitted to the target in-vehicleclient through the FOTA technology; if the target upgrade informationincludes the parameter information, the upgrade indication message maybe transmitted to the target in-vehicle client through the COTAtechnology; if the target upgrade information includes the datainformation, the upgrade indication message may be transmitted to thetarget in-vehicle client through the DOTA technology.

It should be noted that, if the target upgrade information includes oneor more of the software information, the firmware information, theparameter information, and the data information, correspondingly one ormore of the foregoing SOTA, FOTA, COTA, and DOTA technologies areadopted to transmit the upgrade indication message to the targetin-vehicle client, which is not described here again in this embodiment.

Further, in the above step 5201, when the first possible implementationis adopted (that is, the in-vehicle server actively initiates aninformation upgrade for the target in-vehicle client), in order toensure accurate delivery of appropriate upgrade information to anappropriate in-vehicle client, in this step, the in-vehicle serverdetermines whether the determined target upgrade information and thetarget in-vehicle client are correct; if it is determined that thetarget upgrade information and the target in-vehicle client are correct,the upgrade indication message is transmitted to the target in-vehicleclient by the over-the-air (OTA) technology; and if it is determinedthat the target upgrade information and/or the target in-vehicle clientis incorrect, the step of transmitting the upgrade indication message tothe target in-vehicle client by the over-the-air (OTA) technology is notperformed. It can be seen that it is possible to accurately transmit theappropriate target upgrade information to the appropriate targetin-vehicle client, and improve upgrade efficiency.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the in-vehicle serverdetermines a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquires targetupgrade information; further, the in-vehicle server transmits an upgradeindication message carrying the target upgrade information to the targetin-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, so that thetarget in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the targetupgrade information. It can be seen that the effective informationupgrading of the in-vehicle client in the automatic driving vehicle isachieved, and the user experience of the in-vehicle client and/or theautomatic driving vehicle is improved.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to another embodimentof the present disclosure. The executive body of this embodiment may bea target in-vehicle client or an information upgrading apparatus for anautomatic driving vehicle located in the target in-vehicle client andthe apparatus can be implemented by software and/or hardware (forconvenience of description, this embodiment is illustrated by taking theexecutive body being the target in-vehicle client as an example). Asshown in FIG. 3, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, theinformation upgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle providedin this embodiment may include:

Step S301: receiving an upgrade indication message transmitted by anin-vehicle server through an over-the-air (OTA) technology.

In this step, the target in-vehicle client receives the upgradeindication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server through theover-the-air (OTA) technology, where the upgrade indication messageincludes target upgrade information. Of course, other information may beincluded in the upgrade indication message, which is not limited in theembodiment of the present disclosure.

Illustratively, if the target upgrade information includes the softwareinformation, the target in-vehicle client receives the upgradeindication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server through the SOTAtechnology; if the target upgrade information includes the firmwareinformation, the target in-vehicle client receives the upgradeindication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server through the FOTAtechnology; if the target upgrade information includes the parameterinformation, the target in-vehicle client receives the upgradeindication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server through the COTAtechnology; and if the target upgrade information includes the datainformation, the target in-vehicle client receives the upgradeindication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server through the DOTAtechnology.

It should be noted that, if the target upgrade information includes oneor more of the software information, the firmware information, theparameter information, and the data information, correspondingly, thetarget in-vehicle client receives the upgrade indication messagetransmitted by the in-vehicle server through one or more of theforegoing SOTA, FOTA, COTA, and DOTA technologies, which are notdescribed here in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

Step S302: performing an upgrade according to the target upgradeinformation.

In this step, the target in-vehicle client performs the upgradeaccording to the received target upgrade information. Illustratively, ifthe target upgrade information includes one or more of the softwareinformation, the parameter information, or the data information, thetarget in-vehicle client updates the software in the in-vehicle clientaccording to the target upgrade information; if the target upgradeinformation includes one or more of the firmware information, theparameter information, or the data information, the target in-vehicleclient upgrades the hardware in the in-vehicle client according to thetarget upgrade information.

Optionally, when the information upgrade for the target in-vehicleclient is actively initiated by the in-vehicle server, after receivingthe upgrade indication message transmitted by the in-vehicle serverthrough the OTA technology, the target in-vehicle client may determinewhether it is necessary to perform the upgrade according to the targetupgrade information; if it is determined that it is necessary to performthe upgrade, the upgrade is performed according to the target upgradeinformation; if it is determined that it is not necessary to perform theupgrade, the step of performing an upgrade according to the targetupgrade information is not required, and the user experience of theautomatic driving vehicle and/or the in-vehicle client is furtherimproved.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target in-vehicleclient receives an upgrade indication message transmitted by anin-vehicle server through an over-the-air (OTA) technology; further, thetarget in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the targetupgrade information. It can be seen that the effective informationupgrading of the in-vehicle client in the automatic driving vehicle isachieved, and the user experience of the in-vehicle client and/or theautomatic driving vehicle is improved.

Optionally, when the target in-vehicle client actively initiates theinformation upgrade, the target in-vehicle client may further transmitan upgrade request message to the in-vehicle server before receiving theupgrade indication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server throughthe over-the-air (OTA) technology. The upgrade request message includesidentifier information of the target in-vehicle client and identifierinformation of requested upgrade information, so that the in-vehicleserver determines the target in-vehicle client according to theidentifier information of the target in-vehicle client, and determinesthe target upgrade information according to the identifier informationof the requested upgrade information, so as to transmit the upgradeindication message carrying the target upgrade information to the targetin-vehicle client through the over-the-air (OTA) technology.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to another embodimentof the present disclosure. In the embodiment of the present disclosure,the information upgrading method for an automatic driving vehicleprovided in this embodiment is introduced in combination with thein-vehicle server side and the target in-vehicle client side. As shownin FIG. 4, on the basis of the foregoing embodiments, the informationupgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle provided in thisembodiment may include:

Step S401: when an addition of new relationship information intopre-stored relationship information is detected, by the in-vehicleserver, determining that new upgrade information in the new relationshipinformation is the target upgrade information, and determining,according to a stored mapping relationship between upgrade identifierinformation and an in-vehicle client, an in-vehicle client correspondingto new upgrade identifier information in the new relationshipinformation as the target in-vehicle client.

Illustratively, the pre-stored relationship information includes amapping relationship between different upgrade identifier informationand different upgrade information, and the new relationship informationincludes a mapping relationship between new upgrade identifierinformation and new upgrade information.

Step S402: transmitting, by the in-vehicle server, an upgrade indicationmessage to the target in-vehicle client though the OTA technology.

Illustratively, the upgrade indication message includes the targetupgrade information, so that the target in-vehicle client performs anupgrade according to the target upgrade information.

Step S403: receiving, by the target in-vehicle client, the upgradeindication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server through the OTAtechnology.

Step S404: by the target in-vehicle client, determining whether it isnecessary to perform an upgrade according to the target upgradeinformation, and if it is determined that it is necessary to perform theupgrade, performing the upgrade according to the target upgradeinformation.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by the in-vehicle serveractively initiating the information upgrade for the target in-vehicleclient upon detecting the addition of the new relationship informationinto the pre-stored relationship information, the information upgradefor the target in-vehicle client in the automatic driving vehicle iseffectively realized.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an information upgradingmethod for an automatic driving vehicle according to another embodimentof the present disclosure. In the embodiment of the present disclosure,the information upgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle isintroduced in combination with the in-vehicle server side and the targetin-vehicle client side. As shown in FIG. 5, on the basis of theforegoing embodiments, the information upgrading method for an automaticdriving vehicle provided in this embodiment may include:

Step S501: determining identifier information of requested upgradeinformation by the target in-vehicle client.

Step S502: transmitting, by the target in-vehicle client, an upgraderequest message to the in-vehicle server.

Illustratively, the upgrade request message includes: identifierinformation of the target in-vehicle client, identifier information ofthe requested upgrade information, and target user identity information.

Step S503: by the in-vehicle server, receiving the upgrade requestmessage transmitted by the target in-vehicle client, and determining,according to a stored mapping relationship between user identityinformation and an in-vehicle client, whether the target user identityinformation belongs to legal user identity information corresponding tothe target in-vehicle client.

In this step, if it is determined that the target user identityinformation belongs to the legal user identity information correspondingto the target in-vehicle client, step S504 is performed; and if it isdetermined that the target user identity information does not belong tothe legal user identity information corresponding to the targetin-vehicle client, then the process ends.

Step S504: by the in-vehicle server, determining the target in-vehicleclient according to the identifier information of the target in-vehicleclient, and determining the target upgrade information according to theidentifier information of the requested upgrade information.

Step S505: transmitting, by the in-vehicle server, an upgrade indicationmessage to the target in-vehicle client through an over-the-air (OTA)technology.

Illustratively, the upgrade indication message includes the targetupgrade information.

Step S506: by the target in-vehicle client, receiving the upgradeindication message transmitted by the in-vehicle server through the OTAtechnology, and performing an upgrade according to the target upgradeinformation.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, by the target in-vehicleclient transmitting the upgrade request message to the in-vehicle serverto actively initiate the information upgrade, the information upgradefor the target in-vehicle client in the automatic driving vehicle iseffectively realized.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an information upgradingapparatus for an autonomous driving vehicle according to an embodimentof the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6, an information upgradingapparatus 60 for an autonomous driving vehicle provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure may include: a determining module601 and a transmitting module 602.

The determining module 601 is configured to determine a targetin-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquire target upgrade information.

The transmitting module 602 is configured to transmit an upgradeindication message to the target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air(OTA) technology, where the upgrade indication message includes thetarget upgrade information, so that the target in-vehicle clientperforms an upgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the determining module 601 is specificallyconfigured to:

when an addition of new relationship information into pre-storedrelationship information is detected, determine that new upgradeinformation is the target upgrade information, where the pre-storedrelationship information includes a mapping relationship betweendifferent upgrade identifier information and different upgradeinformation, the new relationship information includes a mappingrelationship between new upgrade identifier information and the newupgrade information; and

determine an in-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgradeidentifier information as the target in-vehicle client according to astored mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier informationand an in-vehicle client.

In a possible implementation, the transmitting module 602 isspecifically configured to:

determine whether the determined target upgrade information and thetarget in-vehicle client are correct; and

if it is determined that the target upgrade information and the targetin-vehicle client are correct, transmit the upgrade indication messageto the target in-vehicle client by the over-the-air (OTA) technology.

In a possible implementation, the determining module 601 includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive an upgrade request messagetransmitted by the target in-vehicle client, where the upgrade requestmessage includes: identifier information of the target in-vehicle clientand identifier information of requested upgrade information; and

a determining unit, configured to determine the target in-vehicle clientaccording to the identifier information of the target in-vehicle client,and determine the target upgrade information according to the identifierinformation of the requested upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the determining unit is specificallyconfigured to:

determine, according to pre-stored relationship information, whetherupgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of therequested upgrade information exists, where the pre-stored relationshipinformation includes a mapping relationship between different upgradeidentifier information and different upgrade information; and

if the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier informationof the requested upgrade information exists, determine that the upgradeinformation corresponding to the identifier information of the requestedupgrade information is the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, if the upgrade request message furtherincludes target user identity information, the determining unit isspecifically configured to:

determine, according to a stored mapping relationship between useridentity information and an in-vehicle client, whether the target useridentity information belongs to legal user identity informationcorresponding to the target in-vehicle client; and

if it is determined that the target user identity information belongs tothe legal user identity information corresponding to the targetin-vehicle client, determine the target in-vehicle client according tothe identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, anddetermine the target upgrade information according to the identifierinformation of the requested upgrade information.

The information upgrading apparatus for an automatic driving vehicleprovided in this embodiment is configured to perform the technicalsolutions with respect to the in-vehicle server in the above embodimentsof the information upgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle ofthe present disclosure, and the technical principles and technicaleffects thereof are similar, and details are not described here again.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an information upgradingapparatus for an autonomous driving vehicle according to anotherembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7, an informationupgrading apparatus 70 for an autonomous driving vehicle provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure may include: a receiving module 701and an upgrading module 702.

The receiving module 701 is configured to receive an upgrade indicationmessage transmitted by an in-vehicle server through an over-the-air(OTA) technology, where the upgrade indication message includes targetupgrade information.

The upgrading module 702 is configured to perform an upgrade accordingto the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the upgrade module 702 is specificallyconfigured to:

determine whether it is necessary to perform the upgrade according tothe target upgrade information; and

if it is determined that it is necessary to perform the upgrade, performthe upgrade according to the target upgrade information.

In a possible implementation, the information upgrading apparatus 70 foran autonomous driving vehicle includes:

a transmitting module, configured to transmit an upgrade request messageto the in-vehicle server, where the upgrade request message includes:identifier information of a target in-vehicle client and identifierinformation of a requested upgrade information.

The information upgrading apparatus for an automatic driving vehicleprovided in this embodiment is configured to perform the technicalsolutions with respect to the target in-vehicle client in theembodiments of the information upgrading method for an automatic drivingvehicle of the present disclosure, and the technical principles andtechnical effects thereof are similar, and details are not describedhere again.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an in-vehicle serveraccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.8, an in-vehicle server 80 provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure may include a processor 801 and a memory 802. Optionally, atransceiver 803 can also be included, and the transceiver 803 isconfigured to communicate with other devices. The memory 802 isconfigured to store a program instruction. The processor 801 isconfigured to invoke the program instruction stored in the memory 802,so that the in-vehicle server 80 performs the technical solutions withrespect to the in-vehicle server in the above-described embodiments ofthe information upgrading method for an automatic driving vehicleaccording to the present disclosure. The technical principles andtechnical effects thereof are similar, and will not be described here.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an in-vehicle clientaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Illustratively,the in-vehicle client provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure may be a target in-vehicle client. As shown in FIG. 9, atarget in-vehicle client 90 provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure may include a processor 901, a memory 902, and a transceiver903. The transceiver 903 is configured to communicate with otherdevices; the memory 902 is configured to store a program instruction;the processor 901 is configured to invoke the program instruction storedin the memory 902, so that the target in-vehicle client 90 performs thetechnical solutions with respect to the in-vehicle client in theabove-described embodiments of the information upgrading method for anautomatic driving vehicle according to the present disclosure. Thetechnical principles and technical effects thereof are similar, and willnot be described here.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computerreadable storage medium, where the computer readable storage mediumstores a computer program, and the computer program causes an in-vehicleserver to execute the technical solutions with respect to the in-vehicleserver in the embodiments of the information upgrading method for anautomatic driving vehicle of the present disclosure. The technicalprinciples and technical effects thereof are similar, and will not bedescribed here.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a chip forrunning an instruction, and the chip is used to implement the technicalsolutions with respect to the in-vehicle server in the embodiments ofthe information upgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle of thepresent disclosure, and the technical principles and technical effectsthereof are similar and will not be described here.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a programproduct, where the program product includes a computer program, thecomputer program is stored in a storage medium, and at least oneprocessor can read the computer program from the storage medium, andwhen the at least one processor executes the computer program, thetechnical solutions with respect to the in-vehicle server in theembodiments of the information upgrading method for an automatic drivingvehicle of the present disclosure can be implemented, and the technicalprinciples and technical effects thereof are similar, and details arenot described here again.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computerreadable storage medium, where the computer readable storage mediumstores a computer program which causes an in-vehicle client to executethe technical solutions with respect to the target in-vehicle client inthe embodiments of the information upgrading method for an automaticdriving vehicle of the present disclosure. The technical principles andtechnical effects thereof are similar, and will not be described here.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a chip forrunning an instruction, where the chip is used to execute the technicalsolutions with respect to the target in-vehicle client in theembodiments of the information upgrading method for an automatic drivingvehicle of the present disclosure, and the technical principles andtechnical effects thereof are similar, and details are not describedhere again.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a programproduct, where the program product includes a computer program, thecomputer program is stored in a storage medium, and at least oneprocessor can read the computer program from the storage medium, andwhen the at least one processor executes the computer program, thetechnical solutions with respect to the target in-vehicle client in theembodiments of the information upgrading method for an automatic drivingvehicle of the present disclosure may be implemented, and the technicalprinciples and technical effects thereof are similar, and details arenot described here again.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, in variousembodiments of the present disclosure, the size of the sequence numbersin the above processes does not mean an order of execution, and theorder of execution of each process should be determined by its functionand internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation to theimplementation process of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the stepsto implement the various method embodiments described above may beaccomplished by hardware associated with the program instructions. Theaforementioned program can be stored in a computer readable storagemedium. The program, when executed, performs the steps including theforegoing method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includesvarious media that can store program codes, such as a ROM, a RAM, amagnetic disk, or an optical disk.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are only used toillustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure and shall not be construed as limitation; although thepresent disclosure has been described in detail with reference to theforegoing embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that thetechnical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may bemodified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalentlysubstituted; and the modifications or substitutions do not deviate thecorresponding technical features from the scope of the technicalsolutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. An information upgrading method for an automatic driving vehicle, comprising: determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiring target upgrade information; and transmitting an upgrade indication message to the target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, wherein the upgrade indication message comprises the target upgrade information, so that the target in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the target upgrade information.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiring target upgrade information comprises: when an addition of new relationship information into pre-stored relationship information is detected, determining that new upgrade information is the target upgrade information, wherein the pre-stored relationship information comprises a mapping relationship between different upgrade identifier information and different upgrade information, and the new relationship information comprises a mapping relationship between new upgrade identifier information and the new upgrade information; and determining an in-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgrade identifier information as the target in-vehicle client according to a stored mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier information and an in-vehicle client.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting an upgrade indication message to the target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology comprises: determining whether the determined target upgrade information and the target in-vehicle client are correct; and if it is determined that the target upgrade information and the target in-vehicle client are correct, transmitting the upgrade indication message to the target in-vehicle client by the over-the-air (OTA) technology.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiring target upgrade information comprises: receiving an upgrade request message transmitted by the target in-vehicle client, wherein the upgrade request message comprises identifier information of the target in-vehicle client and identifier information of requested upgrade information; and determining the target in-vehicle client according to the identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, and determining the target upgrade information according to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information.
 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining the target upgrade information according to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information comprises: determining, according to pre-stored relationship information, whether upgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information exists, wherein the pre-stored relationship information comprises a mapping relationship between different upgrade identifier information and different upgrade information; and if the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information exists, determining that the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information is the target upgrade information.
 6. The method according to claim 4, wherein if the upgrade request message further comprises target user identity information, the determining the target in-vehicle client according to the identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, and determining the target upgrade information according to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information comprises: determining, according to a stored mapping relationship between user identity information and an in-vehicle client, whether the target user identity information belongs to legal user identity information corresponding to the target in-vehicle client; and if it is determined that the target user identity information belongs to the legal user identity information corresponding to the target in-vehicle client, determining the target in-vehicle client according to the identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, and determining the target upgrade information according to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information.
 7. An in-vehicle server, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a transceiver, wherein the memory is configured to store a program instruction; and the processor is configured to invoke the program instruction stored in the memory to implement following steps: determining a target in-vehicle client to be upgraded and acquiring target upgrade information; and controlling the transceiver to transmit an upgrade indication message to the target in-vehicle client by an over-the-air (OTA) technology, wherein the upgrade indication message comprises the target upgrade information, so that the target in-vehicle client performs an upgrade according to the target upgrade information.
 8. The in-vehicle server according to claim 7, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: when an addition of new relationship information into pre-stored relationship information is detected, determine that new upgrade information is the target upgrade information, wherein the pre-stored relationship information comprises a mapping relationship between different upgrade identifier information and different upgrade information, and the new relationship information comprises a mapping relationship between new upgrade identifier information and the new upgrade information; and determine an in-vehicle client corresponding to the new upgrade identifier information as the target in-vehicle client according to a stored mapping relationship between the upgrade identifier information and an in-vehicle client.
 9. The in-vehicle server according to claim 7, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: determine whether the determined target upgrade information and the target in-vehicle client are correct; and if the processor determines that the target upgrade information and the target in-vehicle client are correct, the transceiver is specifically configured to: transmit the upgrade indication message to the target in-vehicle client by the over-the-air (OTA) technology.
 10. The in-vehicle server according to claim 7, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive an upgrade request message transmitted by the target in-vehicle client, wherein the upgrade request message comprises: identifier information of the target in-vehicle client and identifier information of requested upgrade information; and the processor is specifically configured to: determine the target in-vehicle client according to the identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, and determine the target upgrade information according to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information.
 11. The in-vehicle server according to claim 10, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: determine, according to pre-stored relationship information, whether upgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information exists, wherein the pre-stored relationship information comprises a mapping relationship between different upgrade identifier information and different upgrade information; and if the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information exists, determine that the upgrade information corresponding to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information is the target upgrade information.
 12. The in-vehicle server according to claim 10, wherein if the upgrade request message further comprises target user identity information, the processor is specifically configured to: determine, according to a stored mapping relationship between user identity information and an in-vehicle client, whether the target user identity information belongs to legal user identity information corresponding to the target in-vehicle client; and if it is determined that the target user identity information belongs to the legal user identity information corresponding to the target in-vehicle client, determine the target in-vehicle client according to the identifier information of the target in-vehicle client, and determine the target upgrade information according to the identifier information of the requested upgrade information.
 13. An in-vehicle client, wherein the in-vehicle client is a target in-vehicle client, and the target in-vehicle client comprises: a memory, a processor, and a transceiver; the memory is configured to store a program instruction; and the processor is configured to invoke the program instruction stored in the memory to implement following steps: controlling the transceiver to receive an upgrade indication message transmitted by an in-vehicle server through an over-the-air (OTA) technology, wherein the upgrade indication message comprises target upgrade information; and performing an upgrade according to the target upgrade information.
 14. The in-vehicle client according to claim 13, wherein the processor is specifically configured to: determine whether it is necessary to perform an upgrade according to the target upgrade information; and if it is determined that it is necessary to perform the upgrade, performing the upgrade according to the target upgrade information.
 15. The in-vehicle client according to claim 13, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit an upgrade request message to the in-vehicle server, wherein the upgrade request message comprises: identifier information of the target in-vehicle client and identifier information of requested upgrade information.
 16. A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program causes an in-vehicle server to perform the method of claim
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